The News Letter quotes UUP MLA Roy Beggs who said he did not feel a "sufficient sentence" had been handed down, considering Henderson-McCarroll's history.

Finola Meredith in the Belfast Telegraph calls it a "shockingly short sentence for a nasty and murky crime", while Allison Morris's analysis in The Irish New is more nuanced, describing the case as a "sorry tale of death, drugs and prostitution".

But as the papers also point out, "judges are bound by sentencing guidelines and must take into account mitigating circumstances in the case".